Bronchial artery aneurysm as a cause of atelectasis.
A 54-year-old nonsmoker female developed atelectasis of the anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe. A non-pulsating endobronchial tumor was observed bronchoscopically obstructing the right basal bronchus. The tumor was confirmed on arteriography to be a saccular aneurysm of the right bronchial artery. The aneurysm was treated with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery aneurysm, without a predisposing disease, is quite rare, but should be considered as an etiological factor of atelectasis.
Oka
M
M
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto.
Fukuda
M
M
Terashi
K
K
Takatani
H
H
Narasaki
F
F
Nakano
R
R
Tsurutani
J
J
Nakamura
Y
Y
Kasai
T
T
Nagashima
S
S
Noguchi
Y
Y
Soda
H
H
Kohno
S
S
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology*